So.
Every day during training, Ellin would secretly push herself to the limit.
Take the weighted training armor Ellin was wearing right now; it had increased from the initial 20 kilograms to 35 kilograms.
Whenever she felt she reached her limit, Ellin would secretly drink a stamina potion, instantly restoring her energy.
Honestly speaking,
Given Ellin's insane training intensity, if it weren't for Arkz preparing a huge meal every day that could heal bodily injuries to promote the physical recovery of the Five-Color Squad members, Ellin's body would have collapsed long ago.
Ellin gripped her greatsword with both hands.
The weight of her sword was extremely exaggerated.
To put it specifically, it was a weight that even the maid Gundam, Noelle, would find manageable.
Currently, among the Five-Color Squad, only Ellin and Noelle could lift this sword.
Looking at the massive iron ore rock in front of the two of them, Ellin's eyes narrowed, and her breathing slowed.
She slightly rotated her wrists gripping the greatsword, exerted force, and swung her body, beginning the deadly full rotation.
"Whirlwind Slash!"
Ellin shouted.
Wielding the greatsword, her body clad in heavy armor began to spin.
At first, Ellin spun very slowly.
So slowly that it seemed one could stop her just by reaching out a hand.
However,
A rock hermit crab that accidentally strayed into the path of Ellin's deadly spinning blade, informed us with its body crushed into meat paste.
At this moment!
She was unstoppable!
Spin! Spin! Spin!
As Ellin persisted, the speed of her rotation grew faster and faster.
Gradually, Ellin's sword began leaving afterimages.
The huge commotion attracted the attention of the others in the team.
However, even as teammates, these people only dared to watch from a distance, not daring to approach.
This was due to the cautionary tale of Fischl.
Back then,
When Ellin first developed this move, she was not very skilled. While spinning, she spun herself dizzy.
The greatsword in her hand was flung out straight due to inertia.
It embedded itself directly into the wall three centimeters above Fischl's head.
If Fischl had been slightly taller, they might have had to attend her funeral.
The benefit of being short was displayed so vividly for the first time.
When facing an attack, she didn't even need to dodge!
Of course,
Afterward, to gain Fischl's forgiveness, Ellin signed many unequal treaties.
She even gritted her teeth and accepted the chuunibyou title Fischl bestowed upon her.
Knight of Condemnation—Ellin!
Although she was nearly decapitated, Fischl felt quite fortunate to have gained a loyal and adorable little knight, Ellin, from the incident.
Thus, she generously forgave Ellin.
The scene where Fischl was scared stiff back then was deeply etched into everyone's memory.
Now that Ellin was attempting this move again, everyone naturally had to be vigilant to prevent Ellin from unleashing the'Sword Flying from Beyond the Heavens' again.
"Whirlwind Slash!"
The rapidly spinning Ellin maintained her rationality. She controlled her body, guiding herself toward the direction of the ore.
Viewed from high above,
Ellin resembled a rapidly spinning top, charging toward a mountain.
Along the way, various obstructions blocked Ellin's path.
But before the high-speed spinning Ellin, these obstacles were fragile, smashed into dust by the edge of Ellin's sword!
Finally!
Ellin arrived before the enemy she intended to challenge.
A two-meter-tall iron ore rock.
In Ellin's eyes, the iron ore rock before her transformed into a ferocious Mitachurl holding a wooden shield, roaring and provoking her.
Ellin's gaze grew firmer, and her spinning speed increased.
Without the slightest hesitation,
Ellin charged forward.
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom...
A continuous series of collision sounds erupted.
In the center of the battlefield, the spinning Ellin was like a master cleaner for a tabletop.
She not only shattered the two-meter-tall iron ore rock but also pulverized the ore in a large surrounding area.
The speed and efficiency were astonishing.
The ores that even Fischl's Elemental Burst couldn't blast open in the past were now cut like butter before the heavily armored Ellin, with ease and grace.
Good heavens!
Is this the charm of physical DMG output?
Ellin completely cleared the area she was responsible for, even clearing a large part of the area next to her that Fischl was supposed to handle.
As the smoke cleared,
Ellin, still wearing her weighted armor, struck a cool pose.
Seeing this, everyone rushed forward to cheer and celebrate.
"Ellin, you were amazing!"
"Sister Ellin, so cool!"
"So cool... Ahem, what This Princess means is, as expected of Our Knight of Condemnation."
However...
Ellin showed no reaction, maintaining that cool pose.
"Ellin?"
"Ellin!"
Fischl quickly rushed over, opened Ellin's faceplate, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found Ellin had merely fainted.
"That's a relief, that's a relief!"
"She probably fainted from spinning too fast."
Looking at Ellin's dizzy, swirling eyes, and the fact that she still insisted on striking a cool pose before collapsing,
The close friends of the Five-Color Squad couldn't hold back.
"Pfft!"
"Hahahaha... I can't take it anymore... Ellin is just too adorable."
"Hahaha..."
For a moment, the Underground Mine was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Fortunately, while they were laughing, everyone did not forget Ellin.
Arkz's specially made stamina potion went down, and Ellin instantly sobered up.
"Ugh~~"
"This taste, no matter how many times I try, I can never get used to it."
The potion, originally just for restoring stamina, now had the effect of restoring mental energy and curing dizziness, thanks to Arkz's culinary skills.
If one could ignore the unpalatable taste, it was practically a miracle cure for motion sickness!
Looking at the battlefield after Ellin used Whirlwind Slash, Noelle fell into deep thought.
As a member of the Five-Color Squad, Noelle's diligent daily training had also greatly improved her strength.
But.
Seeing Ellin's Whirlwind Slash today, Noelle felt a sense of familiarity.
Her 'Great Cleanup' seemed to use the same attack method.
Well, there were differences.
Ellin's Whirlwind Slash was a high-speed option, pure physical attack.
Whereas her Great Cleanup mainly relied on Geo Elemental Power. The rotation speed was lower, and although it had a physical component to the DMG, it didn't leverage her advantage in pure strength.
So, should she learn Ellin's Whirlwind Slash?
Noelle felt it was unnecessary.
When Noelle first noticed Ellin increasing the weight of her training armor, she had asked Arkz whether she should also increase her own weight bearing.
Arkz told her that she and Ellin followed different paths, so she didn't need to copy Ellin's training method.
It was like Noelle's innate divine strength and her Geo Elemental Power.
Continuing to cultivate her Geo Elemental Power would allow her path as a strong individual to go further and last longer.
Noelle's innate divine strength was an advantage for her, but she couldn't abandon her more precious Vision just for this small advantage.
After all, Ellin followed the path of a heavy armor knight, relying on pure physical tempering because she did not possess a Vision.
Noelle had a Vision, allowing her to pursue a high-burst flow characterized by both high strength and speed. There was no inherent superiority or inferiority between the two paths.
It was just that on the continent of Teyvat, where Elemental Power was dominant, the path relying on a Vision clearly had a brighter future.
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